Logan Couture spoke to Randy Hahn and Bret Hedican after the Sharks’ win over the Islanders in the shootout.
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Erik Karlsson’s forearm surgery came with one silver lining.
On Feb. 2, about a week after surgery, Erik and Melinda Karlsson’s second child, Stellan Axel Karlsson, was born.
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Instead of skating with the San Jose Sharks, Karlsson has been able to spend the first three weeks of Stellan’s life at home.
“It was pretty good timing on that part. The wife is appreciative, that’s for sure,” Karlsson quipped, in his first media availability in over a month. “He wakes up every three hours or so. But it’s not been too bad. He’s been a good kid actually, compared to our first one.”
That’s not to say that Karlsson isn’t chomping on the bit to get back on the ice. In fact, there’s every indication that he’s going to beat the original prognosis of a mid-March re-evaluation of his left forearm.